Immigration and Customs Enforcement
What State Lawmakers Can Do to Protect Immigrants: Privacy, Public Safety, and Detention Reform
Written by Alimatou Sarr, State & Local and Policy Intern From Maryland to Utah, state legislators have an important role to play in shaping how local immigrant communities are impacted by federal immigration policies. Many state leaders have met emerging issues head on to… Read More
How We Fix Our Immigration Crisis
This month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers killed another unarmed individual. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old father of three U.S. citizen children, lived in the United States for 35 years and had no criminal convictions. He was driving to a construction job site with three co-workers to build homes… Read More
America Needs a New Immigration Agency for People Like Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
Your immigration status shouldn’t cost you your life. For Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, it didn’t matter that he was the father of three U.S. citizens, a longtime Houston resident, a decades-long construction worker, or that he wanted to follow the rules and posed no safety threat. Read More
Inhumane Detention Conditions Aren’t Uncommon, They’re Part of the Problem
Written by Alimatou Sarr, State & Local and Policy Intern Recent hunger and labor strikes by hundreds of detained noncitizens at the privately-operated Delaney Hall immigration detention center generated widespread scrutiny and protests against allegations of abuse and mistreatment. Among their complaints, detained noncitizens alleged… Read More
States Advance ICE Masking Bans, Data Protections, and Immigration Enforcement Guardrails in 2026
Written by: Julian Montes-Sharp. State and Local Initiatives Intern Midway through the year, with over 30 state legislatures adjourned, emerging trends show how some states are taking up policies to protect immigrant communities. Having seen nearly 18 months of the second Trump administration’s immigration agenda, many state… Read More
ICE Doesn’t Want the Public to See What Happens in Its Detention Centers
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) often uses secrecy to conceal its own shortcomings. The latest example of the agency’s elusive behavior came this week, as ICE restricted lawmakers’ access to Delaney Hall, a detention center in Newark, New Jersey. ICE turned away the New Jersey governor and… Read More
Illinois Commission Finds Federal Misconduct During Operation Midway Blitz
The Illinois Accountability Commission, the first state effort to investigate federal immigration enforcement misconduct, recently released its long-awaited report that creates a public record of the actions taken by federal immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz. The operation saw thousands of federal agents target the Chicago area in… Read More
Senate Pushes Ahead with $70 Billion More for ICE and CBP, Excluding Accountability Measures
This week, Congress moved closer to advancing legislation that would add about $70 billion in funding to immigration enforcement agencies through 2029, which is in addition to the $170 billion already provided last year. If enacted, the proposal would mark yet another circumvention of the… Read More
50 Days Until the World Cup: Travel Bans, ICE, and Iran Cause Uncertainty for Players and Fans
The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in exactly 50 days when Mexico takes on South Africa in Mexico City, one of 16 host cities across Mexico, the United States, and Canada. For the 78 games being played in the U.S. — three-quarters of all the tournament’s matches —… Read More
New ICE Arrest Statistics Shed Light on Who the Agency is Targeting in American Communities
President Donald Trump came into office with a promise to carry out mass deportations, with the aim to hit one million deportations per year. While he often claims his administration focuses on “the worst of the worst,” new ICE data released by U.C. Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project reveals the… Read More
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